Scrapping a wind turbine: Policy changes, scrapping incentives and why wind turbines in good locations get scrapped first
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The most common reason for scrapping a wind turbine in Denmark is to make
room for a newer turbine. The decision to scrap a wind turbine is then highly
dependent on an opportunity cost that comes from the interaction of scarce land
resources, technological change and changes in subsidy policy. Using a Cox regression
model I show that turbines that are located in areas with better wind
resources are at a higher risk of being scrapped. Policies put in place in order to
encourage the scrapping of older, poorly placed turbines actually have a larger
effect on well-placed turbines